Cheers and best wishes for a wonderful Christmas and Hanukkah.
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A very happy Christmas to you, Heidi, Kye and the rest of your family. I hope your “carpool” surgery goes well and you’re back to as good as new very soon! We’ll see you in a couple of weeks
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Merry Christmas John, Heidi, Kye, and all the Carnival family. Happy New Year too.
Mike & Lori Drew
Short and sweet blogg. Happy Christmas, I hope Father Christmas brings you every thing you want. Lots of Love to you and yours.
See you in March.
Susan
Same to you John. Good Luck with the surgery. I’m headed to Ft Lauderdale and the Freedom. I’ll post all about my fabulous cruise in a week.
Have a great Holiday with yoour family!!
Oops, I mispelled “your”.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you!
Hello John,
Thank you for finally clearing up what a blog is all about and how they are supposed to work. The visual of you in your under pants, perched in front of you computer could have been left out, if only Norman Rockwell were alive to capture the moment!
JOHN, I AM OFFENDED YOU DID NOT WISH ME A HAPPY WINTER SOLSTICE!!!
Kidding, of course! Thank you for the wishes and for all that you do here to connect with your adoring public
Merry everything to you and the family!!!
John,
I know your busy and get a large volume of emails and such but as in my previous email to you once again I’m asking for your help.
For the second year I’m hosting the ,2nd Annual, Hillbilly Cruise for the benefit of the Shriners Hospitals for Children. We are once again having major issues with the Event Planners from Carnival. I even spoke with the department head and she had an attitude just like the workers. They all need some remedial training in customer service. They have a lacidaisical attitude in helping folks. This, obviously, is a fund raising cruise and one would think they would understand that and work with us, but instead they seem to want to “nickle and dime” us. Most of the issues are minor in the whole scope of the cruise and would not cost Carnival any expense. I’m really put out by their attitude. We went through the same thing with the same folks last year. It is hard to beleive that again this year we have the same issues and attitudes with the same department. Last year the other Carnival folks we worked with went out of their eway to assist us in everything, especially since it is a funds raiser for the Shriners Childrens Hospitals. I filed a complaint about that department last year and never was contacted by anyone from Carnival for a follow up.
I’m asking for your help in getting someones attention and letting that department know that they need to remember what customer service is all about. When I mentioned going above her head the department supervisor said “ok” and seemed to care less. I spent my enitre career in public servcie, a police officer, and if I had used the attitude that they do I would have been in the chiefs office only once before I would have been sent to school to work on my attitude and the next time fired.
I really want to continue to use Carnival on our now yearly fund raiser but I’m certian that other cruise lines would jump at working with us for our business. Last year we booked 71 cabins and so far this year 57. I know that is not a ship full but it does add up. Our cruise by the way is on the Paradise out of Tampa February 20-25 2012. I’m also booking other cruises as I have decided to be a travel agent on the side and would prefer to work with Carnival only.
Can you please speak with someone and help us out. I would appreciate anything you can do.
I didn’t want to bring this out in the public on facebook as to not put out any bad “press” for you all.
Please let me know if you can help
Thanks John,
Terry
Terry,
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John,
Have a very Merry Christmas. hope all goes well with your (carpool) tunnel surg. have a great weekend.
Robert.
loyal cruiser
John, a very very Merry Christmas to you, Heidi , Kye and your family!
Enjoy the holidays!
Merry Christmas to you & your family. Hope your “carpool” surgery goes as well as my sister in laws, hardley any down time for her. Enjoy Christmas with Kye, they grow up so fast…my “baby” is 27!!
A very Merry Chtistmas to you, Heidi and Kye, and to the rest of your family.
Merry Christmas to you and your family, i hope your surgery goes well, looking forward to all the new year brings…Kathy
John, A very Merry Christmas to you and yours. Thoughts and prayers for you for your upcoming surgery.
John
Merry Christmas to you and your beautiful family. Just watched the Christmas video of you and Kye-she is just adorable. Good luck and I hope you recover from your surgery quickly. My 88 yr old mother in law had the same surgery 8 months ago and she recovered quickly and was back working in her flower beds just a few days after the surgery.
John, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family!! Good luck with your surgery!
To John, Heidi and your lovely daughter Kye my family and I would love to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Years. Rest and take care of yourself after your operation my friend.
Paul, Mary Lou and AmyLynn
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Wishing you and your family a very MERRY CHRISTMAS and a great 2012! See you on the Magic at the end of February — can’t wait!!
Sincerely,
Gail and Gene West
John,
Please have a great Christmas holiday and the very best wishes to you and your family. Thanks for bringing “Carnival” alive for all of us here Stateside! Enjoy your holiday and precious time with your family.
Christmas wishes,
-Roy
Merry Christmas to you and your family John!!
Hope you and your family have a very Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and a wonderful holiday season! Best wishes for a speedy recovery from your “carpool” tunnel surgery
Happy Holidays to you John! Thanks for all the laughs all year long!
Dear Mr Heald, following your blog seems to me like to know you, and I hope your carpal surgery went ok . I want to wish you a very Merry Christmas. May you spend all this time quietly in rest and mostly with the ones you love more… with Peppa Pig too!
ps- I’m waiting for you in Italy on board of Carnival Breeze!
Happy Holidays to Heidi, Kye & you John.
Loved your little presention with Kye, she is getting so big & she is just adorable, (takes after her mom).
Hope you all start feeling better soon.
Wishing you all the very best for the new year.
A very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you, Heidi, and Kye as well. Enjoy your time with your family as, like the rest of the crews at sea, your time with them is limited.
Wishing you a wonderful rest with your family , a very Merry Christmas and a happy,healthy and prosperous New Year .By the way your precious daughter is a real sweetheart,completely and utterly delightful.
A very happy holiday season to you and your family, John. Thanks for bringing lots of smiles and laughs throughout the year! Kye is a lovely little girl and clearly loves her daddy! And she has your smile. Enjoy your time off
Suzanne
I wanted to know what the safety features are for the kids bridge, it looks like there are lare gaps from one plank/2×4 to the next plank and it looks pretty high, worried the kids mith fall through the gaps on the walkway/bridge by the play area on the outer deck.
The merriest of holiday wishes from the Williams family of Blacksburg, Va!
We are wondering what the cost of the soda/drink cards are on the Carnival Splendor 7 day cruise to the Mexican Riviera? We would also like to know if there is a limit to the number of water bottles we can put in our suitcases when boarding the ship.
Hi John. Hope you are feeling better and had a happy Christmas.
We were first ones on board the Magic yesterday and the staff at Red Frog said they emailed you our picture as their first guests of the cruise. Any chance you might post it to your blog as you sometimes do?
Also, a friend of mine suffers from Carpel Tunnel as I believe you do. He swears by (and occasionally at) Dragon Dictate as a voice-based alternative to typing. Of course once adopted, that would make you a dictator…
Best Regards,
Jim and Elaine Heaton
2415 (trying out the cool Cove Balcony for the first time) Carnival Magic
O.M.G. Kye is adorable and so talented as well…just like her daddy!
Happy Holidays as well. May you and your family have the best year in 2012! Great blog man!